The left desperately, desperately wants to steal valor from Trump and claim AKSHUALLY he wasn't shot, just hit by "shrapnel."
The think this is a big win for them.
Christopher Wray, the most loathesome left-leaning political animal Trump sadly appointed (recommended by Severe Conservative Chris Christie), knows what the left wants at all times -- and always delivers it to them.
Ryan Nobles
@ryanobles
This got lost yesterday.. but FBI Director Wray told Congress:
"I think with respect to former President Trump there's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that you know hit his ear."
Trump has not released medical records from after the shooting.
There is no question about this, other than the Just Asking Questions conspiracy theorists of Bullet Trutherism.
But the left seized on Wray's endorsement of their pet conspiracy theory, as he knew the left -- his constituency -- would:
CNN's freak-a-deak leftist "National Security Analyst" seized on the conspiracy chum:
Juliette Kayyem
@juliettekayyem
I've waited a while to say this but the burden is now on Trump to show he was shot. I can condemn the assassination and still demand truth, especially since Trump is now politicizing taking a bullet. Wray has now opened the door; this is not a conspiracy theory. Wray, known for exact phrasing and being careful, didn't say this on accident. He is begging us to ask.
Indeed, this vile monster is begging the left to pick up the crumbs he just left them.
No word yet from Jake Tapper about whether this is one of the Bad Conspiracy Theories, or one of the Good Conspiracy Theories that CNN supports.
In related news: Wray denied that he ever, ever saw a hint of Biden's obvious mental decline.
Former President Donald Trump called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign on Wednesday after the director testified before Congress that he has not noticed any cognitive decline in President Joe Biden.
Wray was questioned by House Republicans on Wednesday about the assassination attempt on Trump earlier this month. During the hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) also questioned Wray about his interactions with Biden and if he's witnessed the president's cognitive abilities go downhill.
"I don't meet with him very often, but what you're describing is not something that I've observed during my interactions with him," Wray said.
"It never occurred to you that he's not up to [the job] in all these briefings you did?" Gaetz pressed.
"As I said, my briefings with the president have all been completely fine," Wray replied.
In a post on Truth Social after the hearing, Trump blasted Wray, whom he nominated to serve as FBI director in 2017.
"I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher Wray was asked the question whether or not he noticed any Cognitive Degeneration in his many conversations with Crooked Joe Biden and, despite the fact that Special Counsel Robert Hur said, effectively, that Joe Biden is INCOMPETENT, with LITTLE MEMORY, etc., Wray said that 'it is not something I observed during my interactions with him, which were uneventful and unremarkable,' essentially stating that he found nothing wrong, mentally or physically, with 'Joe,'" Trump said.
"If that is the case, Director Wray should resign immediately from the FBI, and stop 'sweet talking' Congress every time he goes up, which he loves to do, because anybody can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically challenged, and if you can't see that, you sure as hell can't be running the FBI -- Unless, that is, you want to illegally lead the Raid on Mar-a-Lago. Wray has to resign, and NOW, for LYING TO CONGRESS!" he added.
A while back, Just the News reported that the FBI was administering political litmus tests to potential employees.
FBI officials conducting a top-secret security clearance review for a longtime employee asked witnesses whether that employee was known to support former President Donald Trump, if he had expressed concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine or had attended a Second Amendment rally, according to internal memos that prompted a complaint to the Justice Department's internal watchdog alleging political bias inside the bureau.
The employee's security clearance was revoked months after the interviews, which confirmed his support for Trump and gun rights and his concerns about the COVID vaccine, according to the documents obtained by Just the News.
The memos show that agents for the FBI's Security Division asked at least three witnesses in spring 2022 whether the employee, whose name and job title was redacted from the memos, had been known to "vocalize support for President Trump" or "vocalize objections to Covid-19 vaccination." Agents ascertained from at least one witness that the worker, in fact, had declined to get the coronavirus inoculation.
The latter questions about the vaccine were asked in spring 2022, a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down vaccine mandates in corporate workplaces and a separate federal court had issued an injunction on federal employee vaccine mandates.
Don't worry yourself about that, Wray now says. After an extensive several-hour once-over of the situation, Wray can now confidently conclude that the FBI and his leadership are, as usual, faultless. That was yet another of the hundreds of "isolated incidents" of FBI political bias.
Don't connect these many, many "isolated incidents" and conclude that the FBI has a systematic bias to the leftwing. No, all of these "isolated incidents" just happen spontaneously with no connection at all to FBI political culture, and just randomly all happen to favor the hard left.
FBI director says bureau identified origin of Trump litmus test memo, removed contractor responsible
Director Christopher Wray confirmed Just the News' reporting on this memo, but said the incident was isolated and the form was created by a contractor.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress Wednesday that his staff identified the source of the litmus test memo that showed security reviewers asked about a bureau employee's support for Donald Trump, opinion about the COVID-19 vaccine, and views of the Second Amendment and called the memo "inappropriate."
Wow, he called the imposition of a political loyalty test on FBI employees "inappropriate"? He really brought out the big rhetorical guns for this one.
He must be so mad!
Director Christopher Wray confirmed Just the News' reporting on this memo, but said the incident was isolated and the form was created by a contractor.
"So, the document you are asking about is an interview outline we only recently learned about and, in my view, is completely inappropriate," Wray told the House Judiciary Committee, in response to a question from Wisconsin GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany.
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But, the representatives of the whistleblower who first brought concerns about the memo to Congress pushed back on Wray's claims, saying their client told Congress that the problem was more wide spread than Wray let on in his testimony.
"Director Wray is hiding the ball on this. Another whistleblower to [Empower Oversight]--a registered Democrat and supervisor from within the FBI's Security Division--disclosed to [the Justice Department Inspector General] and to Congress that these kinds of questions were asked all the time in interviews, even if they weren't typed up in outlines ahead of time," President of Empower Oversight, Tristan Leavitt, posted to X.